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Essential Skills and Strategies for Program Officers

... can build relationships with peers and develop a peer learning framework that will enhance their practice going ... Arciniegas , Executive Director, Communities for Just Schools Fund Leela van Balkom , Program...

The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Announces Appointment of John R. Ettinger as Chief Executive Officer

Release Date:

01/02/2012

... the Phillips Exeter Academy, a Director of Communities in Schools , Inc. (a national dropout prevention organization, ... at Oxford University, and received a J.D. from Harvard Law School , where he served as an...

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The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust

15 Apr 2020

Responding to COVID-19 Globally – via Zoom

Wednesday, April 15, 2020 -

3:00pm to 4:00pm

Webinar

... Research and International Programs at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Dr. Osili leads the research and ... Dean for Research and International Programs, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy Marc...

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Health

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Open Society Foundations Announce 2021 New Executives Fund Recipients

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06/15/2021

... crises threatening our common future, to increase resources for systemic alternatives that support justice, ... at New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service and the Center for...

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Open Society Foundations

16 Jun 2021

Equity Means All, Not Some: Lessons from the Past 20 Years of Education Reform in New York City, and What Should Come Next

Wednesday, June 16, 2021 -

12:00pm to 12:30pm

... of existing and new data sets related to New York City schools , combed news articles and archival materials spanning ... of existing and new data sets related to New York City schools educational policy...

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Children, Youth and Families

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Public Policy

04 Apr 2024

Are You Listening? How To Become A More Responsive, Effective, and Equitable Grantmaker

Thursday, April 4, 2024 -

1:00pm to 2:30pm

... session, participants will learn about emerging tools and resources to help them reflect on how they listen, how their ... on a personal and organizational basis New tools and resources to support funders to...

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Six Winners to Receive Help Setting Up Social Impact Bond Projects

Release Date:

06/12/2013

... Bond Technical Assistance Lab at the Harvard Kennedy School have announced the six winners of a national ... Technical Assistance Lab (SIB Lab) at the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) today announced the six...

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The Rockefeller Foundation

Pinkerton Foundation Launches Literacy Initiative in Queens

Release Date:

06/01/2014

... by third grade and sustain that success beyond elementary school . In addition, the organizations will engage in community- and school -wide events and publicity campaigns designed to send a ...

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Education

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The Pinkerton Foundation

Bloomberg Philanthropies Among Backers of Education Post News Site

Release Date:

09/01/2014

... three areas: K-12 academic standards, high-quality charter schools , and how best to hold teachers and schools accountable for educating students.... Bloomberg ...

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Bloomberg Philanthropies

Whatever Happened to Obama’s ‘Promise Neighborhoods’ in NYC?

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11/12/2014

... announced plans last week to turn around 94 troubled schools in the city by linking services such as mental health ... food programs to more traditional approaches like extended school days and teacher...

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The Elmezzi Foundation

New Data Illuminates Long Island's Education Inequities

Release Date:

01/30/2015

... instructive. Given that New York has the most segregated schools in America, according to the Civil Rights Project at ... Racism last week in Melville. The forum brought together school administrators and...

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The Rauch Foundation

New JPB-Backed Collaborative Aims to Make Affordable Housing Healthier

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05/21/2015

... Make Affordable Housing Healthier Co-founded by The New School 's Parsons School of Design, Healthy Building Network, Green Science .....

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Housing and Homelessness

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Freedom Together Foundation

The Century Foundation Report on For-Profit Colleges Cited in NY Times

Release Date:

10/13/2015

... former students at Corinthian Colleges, a for-profit school that filed for bankruptcy in the face of charges of ... of millions of dollars every month to other forprofit schools that have been accused of...

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The Century Foundation

Century Foundation Senior Fellow Comments On Colleges Still Giving Preference to Legacy Students

Release Date:

05/02/2016

... students who have some sort of family connection to the school with an advantage in the college admissions process. Most schools that privilege these students ensure that each legacy ...

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United Way of New York City Helps Distribute More Than 100 Backpacks to Brownsville Students

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10/04/2016

... Way of New York City (UWNYC) to make this first day of school possible. Together, they distributed more than 100 backpacks covered in beloved heroes and brimming with school supplies to students at P.S. 156 in...

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United Way of New York City

Edna McConnell Clark and Other Powerful Funders Stand Behind At-Risk Students

Release Date:

11/23/2016

... Gates, Walton, and Broad that back things like charter schools and teacher accountability. Yet, there is plenty ... reforms which are so in vogue right now. Communities in Schools is a great example... Edna...

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Blue Meridian Partners, Inc.

ESSA Explained: Inside the New Federal K-12 Law

Release Date:

01/13/2017

... from testing and teacher quality to low-performing schools . And it gives big new leeway to states in calling the ... unpacks the details of the new law and what it means for schools , educators, and students...

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Education

Princeton Project Funded by Two PNY Members Reveals Insight into Behavior-Change Campaigns

Release Date:

01/20/2017

... students to take a public stand against bullying at their schools and found that middle schools that instituted Roots experienced a 30 percent ...

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Weinberg Foundation Launches Annual Community-Wide Book Drive Benefiting Baltimore Library Project

Release Date:

03/01/2017

... Drive in support of the Baltimore Elementary and Middle School Library Project. The Weinberg Foundation has ... to build or transform up to 24 Baltimore City Public Schools libraries in an effort to strengthen...